MANCHESTER — A judge on Monday declined to increase the bail of an Ellington woman accused of stealing from the Glastonbury hair salon where she worked as a receptionist.

Patricia Meehan, 49, who served nearly four years in federal prison for stealing $1.7 million from a South Windsor law firm, was charged Jan. 2 with first-degree larceny, attempted first-degree larceny and third-degree larceny. It was the third time Meehan, who is also known as Patricia Baddeley and Patricia Baddeley Meehan, has been charged with larceny since her crimes at the law firm.

Prosecutor Anthony Spinella described Meehan as a danger to the community and sought to have her bail increased. Manchester Superior Court Judge Edward J. Mullarkey denied the motion because Meehan has not been accused of any misconduct since she was arrested Jan. 2 for the latest allegations. The day she was arrested she posted the $75,000 bail set by the judge who signed the warrant for her arrest.

Mullarkey told Spinella he could seek to increase Meehan's bail for two larceny cases for which she was allowed to enter a program for defendants whose crimes are related to a mental illness. The charges against her in the those cases will be dismissed April 15 unless Spinella is successful in having Meehan removed from the program and the cases placed back on the docket for prosecution.

Spinella has already filed motions to do that and a hearing is expected to be scheduled.

In those two cases, Meehan was charged with stealing from two Glastonbury businesses for which she worked while she waited to be sentenced to federal prison.

Of the $1.7 million she stole from the Berman & Russo law firm in South Windsor between August 2003 and May 2007, $1.4 million went to cover cash advances taken at various casinos, according to the government. The rest went to pay credit card and other bills.

She pleaded guilty in October 2008 to mail fraud and filing false tax returns, but was not sentenced until Feb. 11, 2010.

According to the allegations in her latest arrest, Meehan is accused of stealing as much as $40,000 in cash from The Image Company Hair Salon, where she worked from September 2013 until her termination on Sept. 29, 2014.

After noticing the thefts, the salon's owner installed cameras. The cameras, according to the warrant, allowed the salon owner to document $2,400 in thefts, or about $200 each day Meehan worked.

According to the warrant, Meehan also stole tips left for stylists at the salon. One stylist said that she made $60 in tips on a Saturday Meehan worked, and then $120 in tips on the Saturday after Meehan was fired.

A federal probation official has asked that Meehan be found in violation of the conditions of her federal supervised release and that she be returned to prison. A hearing on that matter is scheduled for Thursday in federal court in Bridgeport.